This event, based on the popular CBC competition
"Canada Reads,"
was created to inspire and encourage readers across the UCDSB to discover great books from all genres!

This year's #UCDSBReads is celebrating First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature. We've chosen this theme in celebration of
Indigenous Book Club
month in June, recently proposed by Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

We've selected six excellent books that will be reviewed by six school teams. Each has read their assigned book and produced a three-minute video explaining why their book is one YOU should read!

The books and school teams are:

Book:
Caribou Song
by Tomson Highway, Illustrated by Brian Deines

School Team:
Pakenham Public School

Book:
Dream Catcher
by Stella Calahasen

School Team:
Gananoque Secondary School

Book:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney